Pubs for board games
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Pubs for board games

Marcus Fennimore-GrantMarcus Fennimore-Grant · 0 likes
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Pubs for board games

Marcus Fennimore-Grant
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I keep a mental spreadsheet of where in London you can actually get a decent surface, a decent pint, and a decent chance nobody tells you to put the game away because 'other people want the table too'. This is that spreadsheet made public. (Rule one, which nobody asked for: a pub is only truly game-friendly if the staff don't hover. You can have the best lighting and the comfiest booth in Zone 3 but if someone's doing the 'are you still playing with that' lap every twenty minutes the whole evening curdles — I have genuinely left a pint unfinished over this. Rule two, equally unsolicited: round counts as a table booking, always tip like it was one.) Most of these are a bus or a sulky walk from Walthamstow, a few require the Overground, none of them require you to own Twilight Imperium, though I will still try to get you to play it.

The list

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Pubs for board games — 2 items
NameCommentTickAddressCity
11The ChequersSpacious with a back room that's practically begging for a board spread. Also pizza, which matters more than people admit.145 High Street, London E17 7BXLondon
12The GooseRight by the station so it's the default 'meet here first' pub, even though it's rarely where the actual game happens.2 St James Street, London E17 7PFLondon